The principal character in a literary work or narrative
What is hero/heroine
100
What lyrical ballad parallels to Frankenstien
What is The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
100
The repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words
ex. "Sweet-scented stuff" (Robert Frost, "Out, out - ")
What is alliteration
100
The author's attitude toward the subject of characters of a story or poem, or toward the reader
What is tone
100
A short narrative that illustrated a moral by means of allegory
What is parable
200
A tragic of fatal character flaw that causes the downfall of a person of high status
What is hamartia
200
A concise expression of insight or wisdom
What is aphorism
200
The use of words that sound like the thing or action they refer to.
ex. Crackle. Buzz. Zoom
What is onomatopoeia
200
A figure of speech in which a part is used to refer to the whole
ex. The ship was crewed by fifty hands
What is synecdoche
200
A work that exposes to ridicule the shortcomings of individuals, institutions, or society, often to make a political point
What is satire
300
A character who illuminates the qualities of another character by means of contrast
What is foil
300
"Thou unravish'd bride of quiteness" begins what ode is themed with the idea that the beauty of nature is eternal and timeless
What is Ode on a Grecian Urn
300
A statement that seems absurd or even contradictory but that often expresses a deeper truth
ex. "And all men kill the thing they love." (Oscar Wilde, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol")
What is paradox
300
A way of speaking that is peculiar to a region, group, or class. Also an expression that is odd or incorrect and yet accepted
What is idiom
300
Relating to beauty or to a branch of philosophy concerned with art, beauty, and taste
What is aesthetic
400
A formal statement of praise
What is eulogy
400
Any composition not written in verse, basic unit is the sentence
What is prose
400
A direct address to an absent or dead person, or to an object, quality, or idea.
ex. "To a Skylark" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
What is apostrophe
400
A figure of speech in which a word or short phrase is omitted but easily understood from the context.
ex. Romeo loves Juliet and Juliet, Romeo
What is ellipsis
400
Two phrases in which the syntax is the same but the placement of words is reversed.
ex. when the going gets tough, the tough get going
What is chiasmus
500
Oedipus vowing to discover his father's murderer, not knowing, as the audience does, that he himself is the murderer is an example of what?
What is dramatic irony
500
A regular pattern of stanzas and a rhyme sceme, named for the Roman poet Horace
What is horation code
500
Deliberate understatement, in which an idea or opinion is often affirmed by negating its opposite
ex. He is not unfriendly
What is litotes
500
An expression that has been used so frequently it has lost its expressive power
ex. Avoid it like the plague.